Electroshock Gloves Prohibition Act: ICE has contracted to buy electroshock gloves which, obviously, they will use to torture and terrorize our neighbors. The Electroshock Gloves Prohibition Act is based on legislation just enacted in California. It prohibits any federal, state or local law enforcement agency, or any private detention facility, from using wearable electroshock devices.
Don’t accept a both-sides or passive message frame: The right wing and the media often talk about political and policy problems without identifying who is to blame. They do this in two ways: by using language that implies both sides are responsible, or by identifying the evil but, conspicuously, not the evildoers. For more, see the latest IdeaLog, our blog intended to raise eyebrows and engage minds.
Midterms have gotten ugly: Charlie Cook, a highly respected independent political analyst, interviewed by Bloomberg Television, explains why the midterm landscape has deteriorated sharply for conservatives.
States Uprising Against Prediction Markets: At least nine states are trying to block or regulate prediction markets because, for all practical purposes, they are a form of gambling—and area where states have legal authority. The Trump Administration is suing those states on behalf of platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi, explains Governing Magazine.
Americans’ views of data centers have turned very negative in just a few months: From January to August 2026, opinions about data centers have become 15 percent more negative according to the Pew Research Center. Americans now believe data centers are mostly bad.
2026 Voicing Our Values—A message guide for policymakers: The current edition of our message guide can be downloaded as a PDF from our website for free or purchased as a paperback or an ebook from Amazon. You need this book now!